I am new to gitlab ci/cd. i like how it works. I would like to run certain tests in certain branches. how can i define the same in yml file?
I am using gitlab ci/cd for R package development and using testthat package for unit-testing.
You need to think how to structure your test suites in your branches.
For example, you can name test-suite like /tests/branch_1/
and your branch has name branch_1
, then
test_job:
script:
- test_dir("inst/tests/${CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME}"
where $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME
is your branch or tag name, according to gitlab predefined variables doc, will execute the test-suite with the same name your branch name is.